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JULY 31, 2003
Paul Ereng to coach UTEP distance runners
Gugl Meeting Start Lists/Results | Meet web site (July 31)

Results from Tallinn Meeting
(July 30)
Loughborough EAP Meeting web site (July 31)
Brett Gotcher's Wharf winnings go to fourth-place finisher
Providence College's 2003 Cross Country Preview
Florida Track and Field adds ten
A look back at the '93 World University Games, Khannouchi's career was just getting started
Beach to Beacon: Scott Samuelson is only seen behind the scenes
Former UCLA coach Helen Lehman-Winters takes over at the University of San Francisco
South Africa team mixes veteran performers with new talent in Paris

JULY 30, 2003
Stanford names Andrew Gerard head men's cross country coach, other coaches get promotions | Former Colgate runner back to Stanford
Boaz Cheboiywo tackling new challenge
A Brief Chat with Tom Chorny
ISTAF Berlin preview (Aug. 10) from the IAAF
Nashvillerunner.com Twilight Track Meet results
Beach to Beacon race is flat, rolling and plenty fair
Hendrick Ramaala says South African marathon squad the 'best'
NE HS: Ben DeLay wins 2,000m steeplechase at Jr. Olympics | Day One report from USATF
Life in fast lane has hit skids in America
Jim Sprecher's Campbell University tenure cut short... Very short
Hezekiel Sepeng included in South African team despite not meeting some criteria
Fila trying to step forth
Will Harlan runs 72 miles of the Appalachian Trail to promote awareness

JULY 29, 2003
Young at heart, Harry Groves set for 51st year as a cross country coach
Strong Kenyan Team has sights set on Paris Gold
Ozzy Pina transfers to Cal
Joe Kleinerman, 91, keeps on delivering
Nate Brannen named Michigan's top athlete of 2002-2003
Pan Am Games preview from the IAAF
Cross-country runners make pit stop in Brooksville

JULY 28, 2003
Jorge Torres and Adam Goucher run 1,500m tuneup in Greece
Wharf to Wharf: Brett Gotcher can’t catch pair of Kenyans in men’s race | Top 100 men
Paul Tergat wins 12k road race
Beach to Beacon: They're elite, and worthy of the tag | No rest for Maine's best
Kenyan Trials live up to billing
Mike Kosgei Steps Aside for Moses Kiptanui
Patrick Kamau, Lucy Carr win San Francisco Chronicle Marathon, Peter Gilmore wins half
Yuriy Borzakovskiy participates in 3,000m at Moscow Open
Sunday report from Britain's AAA Championships | Steve Cram's review | Photos
Recap from final day of European Junior Championships
James McGown wins Columbus Downtown Runaround

JULY 26-27, 2003
John Korir, Catherine Ndereba win Quad-City Times Bix 7 | Korir charges back | Meb shows he can run with anyone | Scott Larson and Peter De La Cerda round out top 10 | North Central's Nick Hird 16th | A Brief Chat with Ryan Bak
Japheth Kimutai runs fastest 800m ever on Kenyan soil, Bernard Lagat third, Abraham Chebii destroys field | Day One report
Khalid Khannouchi to run inaugural Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Half Marathon
Haile's Biography Set for 'Just Before the Athens Olympics'
Unheralded John Mayock just keeps on running
Serious Team Endure fosters skills, community
Ali Saidi-Sief cleared to qualify for World Championships
Ryan Kirkpatrick wins 5k near his hometown
BBC's live coverage of the British trials
French national championships report
Day Three report from European Juniors
Honoring Joe Kleinerman, NYRR founder, competitor, coach and friend of running
Paul Kezes repeats among men at Albertson's Torchlight Run; Lyuda Vasilyeva wins women's title
Mark Andrews regains winning form in quick return at Ugly 5k
Calvin College's Tim Avery wins 10k race
Oregon teams look forward to fall campaign
Santa Cruz-area track programs stay afloat thanks to Wharf to Wharf
Josh Sherven, Najeeby Quinn win 11-mile trail race
Florida's Jack Nason remembered as top runner
Machelle Cochran, Gary Guerrero win 10k
Prison inmate sets sights on Olympics (See also: Outside Magazine article)

Sadistic pleasure to be gained from British Trials' tradition of tears and traumas

OR HS: Rupp first, McGrath third at Jr. Pan Am Games
AK HS: Rory Egelus named to mountain running team

JULY 25, 2003
'Reconnected' Meb Keflezighi returns to Bix | Meb, Colleen to face tough test this time | Elite fields will be deepest in years
Constantina Tomescu-Dita breaks record, Bryan Berryhill wins men's mile
Elite runners pass on San Francisco Chronicle Marathon -- again
Flanders Cup Results (Floyd Thompson, Otukile Lekote compete)
Folksam Grand Prix Round Two Results (Bryan Woodward competes)
Marius Ionescu astounding on First Day of Euro-Juniors
| Meet Web Site
'We'll restrict athletes to few meets,' says Mike Kosgei
Charles Kamathi opts for 5,000m at Kenyan trials | Battle for team places begins
Jonathan Ndambuki, Michelle Simonaitis win Salt Lake Marathon, Patrick Nthiwa wins 10k
Edinboro's Mark Hryvniak gradually regaining old form
Athens scurries to get ready
Youth athletes storm into Miami for Junior Olympics
Simon Barnes: Bullying coaches a necessary evil on road to glory

JULY 24, 2003
Adam Goucher on rise from depression | A Brief Chat with Adam Goucher | Run-Insight.com interview with Goucher
Haile Gebrselassie: 'You cannot control the whole world forever.'
A Brief Chat with Peter de la Cerda
Grant Robison rises to the occasion in Europe (But not only would Robison have to run the "A" standard to be on the WC team, another American would have to run it as well.)
Kim Fitchen-Young, Brett Gotcher to run Wharf to Wharf again
10k results from Voorthuizen, the Netherlands, Rodgers Rop 12th
Many Kenyan athletes seek citizenship elsewhere
Inquiry suggests athletes may be given performance-enhancing drugs without their knowledge
More honors for Arkansas track
Abraham Chebii - now training three times a day - aims for gold medal
Invaders cruise to victory in track club championships
Purdue to host Big Ten T&F Championships in 2004
SLU track alum still laments 'stolen' title

JULY 23, 2003
Vicky Huber Rudawsky: Athletes need support all along the way
Haile Gebrselassie focusing on Paris
USATF announces Pan Am Games roster
Noah Ngeny out of Kenyan trials with hip fracture
A Brief Chat with Andrew Valmon
Rockville Rotary Twilight 8k Results (July 19)
Peter DeLaCerda joins Parkersburg News & Sentinel Half Marathon field
Beach to Beacon has truly become 'big deal'
Steve Spence wins 5k (scroll down to second story)
IAAF preview of the Kenyan World Championship Trials | Foreigners barred
European Junior Championships preview from the IAAF
Guam's best junior runner will try for a spot on the Central Missouri State team

JULY 22, 2003
John Davies' passion for coaching overtook love of race
Texas hires Mario Sategna to oversee field events, promotes Jason Vigilante
Mississippi State to revive men's cross country program but cut indoor track
A Brief Chat with Teddy Mitchell
Charles Kamathi builds to Paris defence with 27:29.12 run in Spain
Wisconsin Track Club Capitol Mile Results: Women | Men
Former Harvard runner Darin Shearer wins a triathlon
Running USA Wire: Stellar fields for this weekend's Quad-City Times Bix 7
Analysis of Nike's new running ad campaign

JULY 20-21, 2003
Keith Dowling scrambles to get ready for World Championships marathon
South Africans go 1-2 in Madrid 800, Grant Robison runs 3:36 | Results
Linus Maiyo wins Crazy 8's, falls short of record* | Running USA report | Results
10k win redeems season for Boaz Cheboiywo
Jason Long wins Loudoun Street Mile
Final Junior Pan Am Games report | Team USA dominates on Day Two - Brett Gotcher wins 10,000m
Jaouad Gharib wins half marathon in 1:02 at altitude, organizers avert disaster
Results from Canadian Nationals | Gary Reed wins 800, Brannen 3rd | Kevin Sullivan defeats Graham Hood | Sean Kaley, Matt Kerr post wins
Dream 5,000m encounter should be highlight of Paris World Championships
Nephat Kinyanjui, Nicole Stevenson win Buffalo Subaru 4-Mile Chase | Todd Reeser seventh
Jared Segera repeats Jungle Jog win
Gabriel Muchiri to defend title at Parkersburg News & Sentinel Half Marathon
Jeremy Polson second to none in Park Point
Ailing Ronnie Holassie still wins Hemmingway Days 5k
Miguel Galeana, Linda Huyck overcome pain, opponents to win 8k
Wilson Perez wins three races in one day
Former Rockford runners Brian Smith and Linsey Blaisdell win Apple Run

European U23 Reports: Days One and Two | Day Three | Day Four
Tim Noakes suggests athletes train their brains
Indiana Invaders capture triple crown of track and field
NH HS: Cory Thorne a runaway success
Mike Sandrock: The allure of the mile
Mike Porter Jr., Kristyn Shiring win Fredericksburg Downtown Mile

JULY 19, 2003
Madrid Start Lists/Results
Galen Rupp wins 5,000 at Pan Am Junior Championships
Results from Canadian Nationals
Canadian athletes fear tougher standards for major competitions may cause some to quit
Competitive field could jump start Buffalo Subaru 4 Mile Chase | Todd Reester and Mark Andrews expected
More than 2,000 athletes set for Crazy 8's*Wyoming victim's family weary of legal moves made by Haskins
Altitude is advantage for all athletes training in Big Bear
European U23 Results
Abraham Chebii puts Ethiopian rivals in their place | New track sensation wants to prove point at World trials

JULY 18, 2003
Maria Mutola and Wilson Kipketer will be centre stage in Madrid Saturday | Entrant list
Brothers Kevin and Colin Sullivan on track
Sonatrach Meeting report
Olympic Marathon Trials update
A Brief Chat with David Olds
Ball State athletes, coaches shocked, dismayed by news of cuts
GBTC to defend titles at USATF Club T&F Championships this weekend
Monte Carlo gets new end-of-season meet which replaces Grand Prix Final | World Athletics Final – a new concept based on a tradition of quality
Pan Am Junior Championships preview | Results
Michigan coach James Henry stresses stretching
Athletics Kenya cautions junior runners to stay away from agents
Canadians' path to 2004 Olympics starts Friday
Mike Spence, Jennifer Hart win Morristown, NJ Corporate Challenge

JULY 17, 2003
First four Team USA Monterey Bay athletes named
David Krummenacker's Journal: Some early-season losses then a near-disaster at Nationals
Brothers Kevin and Colin Sullivan both entered in 1,500 at Canadian Championships
Arturo Barrios makes a visit to Pennsylvania's Twin Valley High School
Keith Dowling, not Keflezighi to run World Champs. marathon, Jonathon Johnson still deciding
Ball State cuts men's track, cross country as of 2004-05 | Ball State students upset over athletic cuts
Running USA Wire: Crazy 8's preview, Fleet Feet Mile recap
FL HS: Andy Biladeau working back from bout with anemia
Congressman John Shimkus honors Stephen Pifer in permanent record
Katie Harrington, Nef Araia are counselors at Indiana XC camp

JULY 16, 2003
Paul Tergat to run Berlin Marathon
A Brief Chat with Bob Busquaret
Dan Hocking honored by America East Conference
Former Penn State runners Kim McGreevy and James Carney win 10k | Results
Grant Robison recipient of 'Bootleg Honor Roll' award
Collette Liss and Floyd Thompson run 800m in Spain (results)
New arrival could prevent John Mayock from winning seventh national title
Giant-killer Abraham Chebii home after great week
Cambridge Reporter update on Canadian athletes
16-year-old Isaac Mbuyase wins World Youth 1,500 bronze
Murray Halberg advises young New Zealander 'follow your dream'
Drossin and Keflezighi fire starting siren at Mammoth race

JULY 15, 2003
Haile Gebrselassie's busy life - Family, Business and Running
Bernard Lagat's Journal: "I created a foundation to help Kenyan youths"
A Brief Chat with Derrick Peterson
Harvard-Yale sneaks past Oxford-Cambridge
Complete Mid-Summer Games results
Running Network TV interview with Chris Lear
USATF National Club T&F Championships preview
Indiana's Marshall Goss announces retirement from coaching
Extreme exercise routines can make, break bodies

JULY 12-14, 2003
Norwich Union Classic - El Guerrouj wins, Krummenacker third | Results
John Korir rules Boilermaker a third time | Korir's kick too much for Shadrack Hoff | Chris Getman hopes to qualify for 2004 Olympic Trials | Andrew Masai masters Boilermaker again | Results | Photos
Hicham El Guerrouj thrives on new arrangement
Abraham Chebii steals limelight on the track
Galen Rupp finishes 7th in 3,000m at World Youth Champs, runs 8:10 | Cody Harper 9th in 1,500 in record time | More coverage
A Brief Chat with Khadevis Robinson
Something we originally missed: Interview with Ryan Shay
James Koskei to defend, Catherine Ndereba aiming to reclaim at Peoples Beach to Beacon 10k
Brief Paul McMullen update
Sean Nesbitt, Eri Yamaguchi win Trespass Trail Challenge
Florida's Steve Zieminski wins Citrus Summer Showdown 5k
Competitive 800 at Mid Summer Games (results only)
Hanson's Mike Franko wins 15k
Ahmed Haji wins Riverfest 5k
Augustana's Randy Bill wins 5k race
Kamal Jabbour: Revised list of top runners
Kebba Tolbert takes over at Portland State
Paul Kosgei to miss World Championships
NJ's John Richardson among Kentucky signees

JULY 11, 2003
Hicham El Guerrouj remains pearl of Rome's bejewelled Golden Gala | Gebrselassie and Bekele ready for Rome clash | Start Lists/Results
World Youth Championships: Chantelle Dron, Galen Rupp, Michael Haddan advance | Results
Wilson Kipketer spearheads IAAF Madrid Super Grand Prix
Boilermaker a money-maker; running hall limping along
New class charges into Hall of Fame
Latest Running USA Wire
Andre Bucher keen to defend title
Driss Maazouzi out of World Championships
Kenyan Championships open to cold weather
Canada's Braden Novakowski qualifies for 3,000m final at Worlds

JULY 10, 2003
Burst appendix ends Alan Webb's season
Goucher and Torres will go after 5,000m 'A' standard in early August
Amidst massive budget cuts, UMass reinstates men's indoor track
A Brief Chat with Keith Hanson
Hamilton 10k results
Olympic T&F tickets sell out in first phase
Louis Luchini settles for eighth at Maine Distance Festival
Junior Pan Am Games team named
Photos from USA T&F Championships
Andrew Valmon up for challenge
Evan Graves bests Joey Luchini in Bangor Run
Stanford track sparkles in Sacramento

JULY 9, 2003
Grant Robison continues to reach goals
Olympic Trials Mike DiGennaro's ultimate goal
Team USA named for World Championships (more or less)
Track stars descend on Sherbrooke for World Youth Championships
Augustine Choge on path to Sherbrooke gold?
Kenyan Championships preview
Abdelkhader El Mouaziz to run Chicago Marathon (see last paragraph)

New Hampshire Twilight results

David Spiller wins Yorktown Freedom Run
Tim Mason and Erik Bennett are left with sole searching
Alabama track team overcomes tragedy at track championships
Western Canada Games one more step on Fred Setterington's track to an Olympic appearance
Vicky Huber Rudawsky: Drivers, Runners: Harmonize
Collective cluelessness prevails on road rules
Nelson Giddens, Alison Ridington top field in Fourth of July 5k
Prepared runners can beat summer heat

JULY 8, 2003
Zagreb Grand Prix Results (Jason Lunn gets 'B' standard, will likely represent U.S. at Worlds. Berryhill, Willis also run 3:36)
Nick Willis continues his marked improvement
Entries for tonight's New Hampshire Twilight meet at UNH
Competitive 10,000m to take place Wednesday in Hamilton, Ontario
A Brief Chat with Jim Ryun
New Balance Maine Distance Festival celebrates milestone
Paul Kezes, Heather Hanscom win 10k in Eugene, OR
Top finishers from Asbury Park 10k
Wilfred Bungei to skip Kenyan National Championships
VA HS: Emily Harrison and Ryan Foster receive honorable mention
Wes Seacat, Amanda Bell win Madison Courier 10k

JULY 4-7, 2003
An untimely injury slows Sam Burley
Jonathan Johnson will not compete at World Championships
A Brief Chat with Aaron Church
Start Lists/Results for today's Zagreb Grand Prix meet
Robert Cheruiyot wins Peachtree Road Race | Andrew Masai wins masters race | More Coverage
Records tumble at Maine Distance Festival | Bowdoin's a perfect setting for track's perfect event | Results
Khadevis Robinson, Dan Browne, Seneca Lassiter compete in Ireland (results)
Physiology separates elite runners from rest of pack
Two go through in Golden League Jackpot as Gebrselassie suffers dramatic defeat | Paris results
Jeff Hollobaugh: Prep track's growth outstripping the pros
Peter De La Cerda wins Mountain Running Championship
Having accomplished one goal, Vin Lananna moves on to another
U.S. track athletes feel safe about July 4th meet in Paris
EKU grad Daniel Koech continues Kenyan streak at Bluegrass 10,000
Austin Vigil, Nikole Johns win Firecracker 5k
Julius Rotich wins Chileda Classic 10k
Melissa White, Mark Andrews sizzle in Firecracker
Mohamed Khadraoui captures Cranford 4-Miler
Bradley Harkrader, Diane Gentry nab Fourth 5K wins
Meb Keflezighi says it's an honor to be a U.S. citizen
Cody Harper, Greg Peterson win 800s at Youth National Championships | Galen Rupp wins 1,500
Jim Jurcevich to run Parkersburg News and Sentinel Half Marathon
Arsonists torch Kip Keino Children's Home
Jon Gates, Sarah Folse assert independence
KS HS: Dylan McClain quietly commits to Drake
Andrew Leatherby does Georgia State proud with 8th-place Peachtree finish
Interview with Mississippi State signee Gedamu Ege and Elmore McConnell

JULY 3, 2003
Golden League returns to U.S. television in 2003
New Balance Maine Distance Festival returns for 10th Anniversary event
Preview of July 4th's Paris Saint-Denis meet
High-level 10,000m taking place July 9 in Hamilton, Ontario
Kip Keino backs Kenyan inquiry into drug-taking
Lananna helped make Bay Area one of the country's centers of T&F
Maiyo and Ochichi win in Nairobi
Christian Goy third in German National Championships
King of the trail: Scott Jurek rules 100-mile marathon
New York optimistic about landing 2012 Games
Youth Athletics Championships open in Buffalo

JULY 2, 2003
Big loss for Stanford track as Lananna quits to become AD in Ohio | Lananna hired at Oberlin
Wet conditions in Lausanne | Results
Ex-Arkansas runner Brian Baker attains one goal
Results of the final Boston High Performance Meet (Sam Vasquez 1:49)
A Brief Chat with Maine Distance Festival Co-Meet Director Steve Podgajny
Kent State's Mike Inge broke 800m record held since 1971
Sam Burley receives NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
2004 Olympic Marathon Trials to offer participation options
Former Sac State runner Cuco Chavez to coach at CA's Anzar High
Director of track and field, cross country leaves Portland State
NZ must find own way, says sports scientist
AR HS: Chase Feltner captures Gatorade award
Today's 2010 Olympic decision will affect 2012 choice
Johnny Miles: The last finish line

JULY 1, 2003
Vin Lananna leaves Stanford to become AD at Oberlin
Lausanne Start Lists/Results (Jason Lunn, Robert Gary and Steve Slattery to compete)
Mike and Kristin (Schwartz) Dudley win Iron Furnace 5k

Common bond for Jeff Binggeli and Sarah Folse
Indiana Invaders to host USATF National Club T&F Championships July 19
2003 WTC Capitol Mile to be held July 19 (race site)
PA HS: Jed Christiansen continues family tradition
IOC approves new medal design for 2004
Boilermaker cutoff designed to make 15k race smoother

     
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